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6 Cool Things You May Not Know about Miami Beach

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Miami Beach is a favorite escape from life’s mundane. With beaches overlooking
oceans, celebrity spotting, yummy bites and weather that mandates sunglasses,
these 17 islands sprawling on the Biscayne Bay are often called America’s
Riviera. Here are some interesting factoids this icon in the Southern tip of
the continent.

Manmade

Formerly a coconut grove
plantation infested with mosquitos, and even a swampland prior to that, Miami
is one of those rare manmade islands in the US. It used to be an Indian Trading
post on the Miami river before its transformation into tourism.

Buried Treasures

Several
treasure trail tours exist in Miami. It is said that pirates like Blackbeard
truly did leave sunken treasure behind, and a lot of it has actually been
found.

Bordered by National Parks

Geographically,
Miami Beach is bordered by the Everglades National Park and the Biscayne
National Park, making it the only city with two parks as its neighbors. Make
sure to appreciate the fauna and flora and wildlife in these, for they too
enjoy the pristine beaches close by.

Largest Shipping Port in the
World

Whether it’s
for trade or for cruising, Miami has the largest port in the world, and for a
good reason.

Many tour
the art deco district in Miami, but few know that there are more than 800 such
buildings on this tiny piece of land. This is by far the largest collection of
this type of architecture in the world.